Lifesaver??

Good morning! It's Saturday morning and Ciana is helping me post an update on our blog. It's funny because she actually likes to sit on my lap and watch me type. We have put on some of her Daddy's silly music too so she has lots of stimuli. Anyway, yesterday we were enjoying a nice walk along Broadway and popped into my favourite bookstore, The Book Warehouse, and were brousing the kids section which borders the parenting section and I found this book titled "The No-Cry Sleep Solution". Perfect. I bought it and by the time bed-time hit last night I was half-way though. So much of it just made sense. The author is a parent educator and mother of four, and two of her kids were nightmares when it came to sleep habits. I read that babies generally don't sleep uninterrupted until they are at least a year and that 5 hours is considered a good sleep! However if your baby sleeps 5 hours straight and awakens to eat then goes back to sleep you have met a realistic goal. It's funny because all the things that Joe and I had been trying thinking we were clever are addressed in the book. Like putting off bed-time until later thinking that the Ciana would be extra tired and therefore sleep better, when in fact she was just over-tired and would wake during the night more frequently. I kept a pad of paper and a pen beside the bed last night to keep a log (which I am going to do for 7 nights) because it's really hard to remember what happened when you get no sleep! Anyway, Ciana woke up and fussed to the point of me getting her out of the crib 4 times. Now I can set goals and have a starting place. And something to hold against her when she's older. . . just joking.
Well we will just have to wait and see. At least I have hope and know that my baby isn't abnormal, or spoiled, or manipulating us she just hasn't been taught yet to soothe herself back to sleep when she wakes up . . . yet.
It looks like a beautiful weekend and we are hoping to get out and enjoy the last of the warm weather. Our friend Lysa and daughter Sydney are in town for one last weekend before they move to the island so we have planned to hook up, maybe a walk along the seawall. I hope you all enjoy your weekend.